Akari’s date in Lebanese cinema

As part of the Beirut Film Days Festival, the Environment Council and the Cultural Salon at the Silk Factory in Kobayat are invited today, Friday, to visit the film “Little Wars” (1982 – Q: 20). : 30) of the late Maroon Baghdadi (Photo). Full of love and thrilling adventure, the film tells stories from everyday life in 1980s Beirut, which went through a bitter civil war. Tomorrow, on Saturday, viewers will meet in the same place with the film “Beirut Al Gagaa” (1981-Q: 18:00) by Burhan Alavia. The work discusses very realistically the situation of Beirut, which was divided during the war into east and west, in addition to the difficulties experienced by those wishing to communicate through the two parts of the city in the midst of many dangers. , especially in what are known as the “lines of contact”. It should be noted that Lebanese director Hadi Zakak will present two films and tell the audience about the history of military cinema in Lebanon.

Screenings of the films “Little Wars” and “Beirut Meeting”: today Friday and tomorrow Saturday – “Silk Factory” (Kobayat – Akkar / Northern Lebanon)

Ziggy on Onomatopia

Tomorrow, Saturday, at the “Onomatopia-Music Forum” (Achrafiye) there will be an evening with rapper “Ziggy” (pictured), who will perform live original songs revolving around the “rap trap” orbit. The party will also feature two guests, rappers Nuj and Body, and will open with an Arabic-language hip-hop segment produced by DJ Aladdin. Proceeds from this concert will be used to support music lessons for poor children through the Onomatopia Music Skills Development Program.
Concert “Ziggy”: Tomorrow, Saturday-Question: 20:30-“Onomatopia-Music Forum” (Al-Sioufi-Ashrafiye). For inquiries: 01/398986

Francophone meeting with Georgia Makhlouf

The Bemo Virtual Arts Club, in partnership with Agenda Culturel, is organizing a special conference with Lebanese Francophone writer and critic Georgia Makhlouf today, Friday, at the Henry and Nadia Obeji Gardens, which recently opened at Essential Business School (ESA) campus in Clemenceau. At this literary meeting, Makhlouf will reveal his other “intimate” face, as he will answer questions from the head of the French literature department at the University of St. Petersburg. Joseph, Karl Akiki, about his personal and professional life, referring to his recently published works. in France. The upcoming date will allow the writer to re-cover topics dear to his heart, such as immigration, memory fragmentation and the homeland. He will also speak about his background and his relationships with his family, Lebanon and France, as well as his relationships with other francophone Lebanese authors, to “reflect and reflect on what writers have to offer in a wounded and crisis -affected country like Lebanon. . ” “

Meeting with Georgia Makhlouf: Today, Friday – Q: 18:00 – “Higher Institute of Business” (ESA – Clemenceau / Beirut). For inquiries: 78/959670

Do you see “Kautarani”?

The name of Lebanese comedian Hussein Kauk (pictured) is associated with the Lebanese public with the character “Kautarani”, which has become widely known on social networks. After a series of virtual videos, a TV experience and the performance of “7 and Damta”, the young actor will return to the Al-Madina Theater (Hamra) in early July next year to perform the new Stand -Up Comedy ”. A show directed by Mohamed Dayih called “Ashello of my hair”. The presentations, which will run until the seventh of that month, “will discuss our social life in the environment, the relationship between Christians and Shiites and how they treat each other,” Dayh said. He also indicated that there will be a performance by his brother Hussain Dayih, who will tell about his experience when he applied to study art in theater.

Show “Ashalo Min Shaaru”: from July 1 to July 7 – T: 21:00 – “City Theater” (Hamra – Beirut). For inquiries: 01/753010